---
title: "2012 Campaign Coverage Heads South"
description: "The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. But the data has been made available."
date: "2012-01-22"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2012/01/22/pej-news-coverage-index-january-1622-2012/"
---

# 2012 Campaign Coverage Heads South

The Project for Excellence in Journalism did not publish a news index report this week. However, the data is available [here](/tables_top_ten_story_data_january_1622_2012).

## Top Ten Story Data: January 16-22, 2012

### Overall (All 5 Sectors)

| Rank | Story | Percent of Newshole |
| --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 41% |

| 2 | Italian Cruise Ship Crash | 10 |

| 3 | Economy | 5 |

| 4 | Online Piracy Legislation | 5 |

| 5 | MLK Jr Holiday/ Remembrances | 3 |

| 6 | Afghanistan | 2 |

| 7 | Middle East Unrest | 2 |

| 8 | Keystone Oil Pipeline | 2 |

| 9 | Iran | 2 |

### Newspapers

| Rank | Story | Percent of Newshole |
| --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 25% |

| 2 | Economy | 9 |

| 3 | Online Piracy Legislation | 6 |

| 4 | Middle East Unrest | 6 |

| 5 | Afghanistan | 3 |

| 6 | European Economy | 3 |

| 7 | Same-Sex Marriage | 3 |

| 8 | Myanmar Protests/ Unrest | 3 |

| 9 | Italian Cruise Ship Crash | 2 |

### Online

| Rank | Story | Percent of Newshole |
| --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 36% |

| 2 | Italian Crusie Ship Crash | 12 |

| 3 | Online Piracy Legislation | 7 |

| 4 | Cyberspace Issues | 3 |

| 5 | Keystone Oil Pipeline | 3 |

| 6 | Immigration Debate | 3 |

| 7 | Economy | 3 |

| 8 | Afghanistan | 2 |

| 9 | MLK Jr Holiday/ Remembrances | 2 |

### Network TV

| Rank | Story | Percent of Newshole |
| --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 30% |

| 2 | Italian Cruise Ship Crash | 19 |

| 3 | Economy | 8 |

| 4 | MLK Jr Holiday/ Remembrances | 5 |

| 5 | Middle East Unrest | 3 |

| 6 | Northwest Snowstorm  | 2 |

| 7 | Haiti Earthquake | 2 |

| 8 | 2012 Non-Presidential Election | 2 |

| 9 | Afghanistan | 2 |

### Cable TV

| Rank | Story | Percent of Newshole |
| --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 64% |

| 2 | Italian Cruise Ship Crash | 11 |

| 3 | Iran | 4 |

| 4 | Online Piracy Legislation | 3 |

| 5 | Economy | 3 |

| 6 | Scott Walker Recall Efforts | 2 |

| 7 | Keystone Oil Pipeline | 1 |

| 8 | Afghanistan | 1 |

| 9 | MLK Jr Holiday/ Remembrances | 1 |

### Radio

| Rank | Story | Percent of Newshole |
| --- | --- | --- |

| 1 | 2012 Presidential Election | 50% |

| 2 | Scott Walker Recall Efforts | 5 |

| 3 | Economy | 4 |

| 4 | MLK Jr Holiday/ Remembrances | 4 |

| 5 | Health Care Debate | 3 |

| 6 | China | 3 |

| 7 | Italian Cruise Ship Crash | 2 |

| 8 | Online Piracy Legislation | 2 |

| 9 | Haiti Earthquake | 2 |